UC Davis researchers in the first study of its kind have found that lay health workers increased screening rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and knowledge about the disease among a group of Asian Americans, known as the Hmong. The study appears online today in iCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers (and) Prevention/i. Hmong Americans, who originate from the mountainous areas of Laos, are at elevated risk for chronic hepatitis B - the major risk factor for liver cancer. ...
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